COMPARISON BETWEEN TRAIN NOISE AND ROAD NOISE ANNOYANCE DURING SLEEP

Abstract Sleep disturbance by train and road noises was studied through in situ physiological recordings on two groups of people submitted to both types of exposure. At different sites acoustical parameters do not influence sleep in the same way. In a quiet place, emergence is an important factor of disturbance, but in a noisy place, noise duration and peak level are acting with interaction to disturb sleep.